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Sliding down the ways, and all dressed up with flags on her launching day, the K-3 (SS-34) is waterborne at the Union Iron Works shipyard, San Francisco, California, on 14 March 1914.

USN photo.

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K-3 (SS-34) is launched at Union Iron Works at San Francisco on 14 March 1914.

USN photo courtesy of Darryl L. Baker.

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K-3 (SS-34) fitting out at the Union Iron Works shipyard, San Francisco, California, on 7 April 1914.

USN photo courtesy of ussubvetsofwwii.org.

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Submarines K-3 (SS-34), K-4 (SS-35), K-7 (SS-38) and K-8 (SS-39) were in Mare Island's dry dock #1 from 17 June to 18 August 1915 preparing for their trip to Hawaii. In this photo the stern of K-7 (left) and K-4 (right) are seen in the foreground while the sterns of K-8 (left) and K-3 (right) are seen in the background. This photo was taken from near the end of the dry dock.

USN photo courtesy of Darryl L. Baker.

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Submarines K-3 (SS-34), K-4 (SS-35), K-7 (SS-38) and K-8 (SS-39) were in Mare Island's dry dock #1 from 17 June to 18 August 1915 preparing for their trip to Hawaii. In this photo the bow of K-3 (left) and K-8 (right) are seen in the foreground while the bow of K-4 (left) and K-7 (right) are seen in the background. This photo was taken from head of the dry dock.

USN photo courtesy of Darryl L. Baker.

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View of K-3 (SS-34), in dry dock at Mare Island on 16 July 1915. Note the staging and rigging pole used to install the periscopes around the sail.

USN photo courtesy of Darryl L. Baker.

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Sea Wasps to Guard Harbor HereK-7 (SS-38) Comes In With New Broom Tied To MastheadIs First of New Flotilla to Dock at Honolulu. K-3 (SS-34) Second to Enter Harbor

Image and text provided by University of Hawaii at Manoa; Honolulu, HI.Photo from the Honolulu Star-Bulletin. (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii) 1912-current, 14 October 1915, 3:30 Edition, Image 2, courtesy of chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.

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From outboard to inboard, what looks to be K-8 (SS-39), K-4 (SS-35), K-3 (SS-34) & K-7 (SS-38), at Pearl Harbor, Territory of Hawaii on the 14 of October, 1915.

USN photo from NARA, courtesy of Daniel Dunham.

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One Mashed Finger Only Accident of Submarine VoyageK submarine ploughing through open sea; showing deck structure of K class boats.

K Submarines in Port After Long VoyageThis is the way the K submarines looked as they glided to their dock in the navy slip Thursday afternoon, completing their run of 2,180 miles from San Francisco to this port under their own power-a big feat performed in a big way, and adding fresh laurels to the American navy.In the upper picture is shown the K-8 (SS-39) slowing down as she entered the slip, the last of the four submersible to complete the voyage. The lower view shows the K-3 (SS-34) in the foreground, another K boat and the F-1 (SS-20), F-2 (SS-21), & F-3 (SS-22) in the background.

Image and text provided by University of Hawaii at Manoa; Honolulu, HI.Photo from the Honolulu Star-Bulletin. (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii) 1912-current, 16 October 1915, 3:30 Edition, Image 17, courtesy of chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.

K-4 (SS-35) underway with a sister submarine, trimming down "ready for nose dive", 5 March 1918 at Key West Naval Station, Florida. The second submarine is probably K-3 (SS-34), K-7 (SS-38), or K-8 (SS-39).

K-3 (SS-34) underway, port side view, probably circa 1918, when she was dispatched to Key West, arriving 8 January 1918. For the remainder of the war, she conducted patrols along the Florida coast while training men in underwater techniques.

Original Caption: Mother submarine and her childrenCheyenne (M-10) with a submarine alongside, 28 Feb. 1918. The submarine is probably one of the Division 3 boats tended by Cheyenne: K-3 (SS-34), K-4 (SS-35), K-7 (SS-38) or K-8 (SS-39). Location may be Key West, Florida.

One of the mother ships of Uncle Sam's navy the Camden (AS-6), and her nine undersea kittens, a formidable fotilla of Yankee submarines that have been a source of great interest the last two weeks to visitors to the Atlantic Fleet at anchor in the Hudson. The Camden and her family have been at anchor off the Seventies. Above. How the K-5 (SS-36) looks when traveling at full speed on the surface.

There are fewer busier places in Philadelphia than the large drydock at the Philadelphia Navy Yard, where repairs are being made on eleven of Uncle Sam's submarine craft.Among the boats visible is the K-1 (SS-32), which appears in the front left corner, and K-5 (SS-36), behind her. The remainder of the K-boats are likely here as well.

Image and text provided by Penn State University Libraries; University Park, PA. Photo from the Evening Public Ledger. (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 14 October 1920, NIGHT EXTRA, Image 26, courtesy of chroniclingamerica.loc.gov

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Submarine being overhauled, Philadelphia Navy Yard drydock, 19 March 1929. The boats might be K-boats, with one Lake design N-class.